Heavy rains prompt street flooding problems across area

The heavy rains that pounded the Kansas City area on Monday caused problems with street flooding.

The Broadway Extension north of the Broadway Bridge was closed because of waist-deep water. Crews worked to remove the water and mud before it could reopen.

Gardner Avenue and Chouteau Trafficway, an area that frequently floods during heavy rain, was quickly under water. Some big trucks forged their way through the intersection, but Saydal Suri said his mother's car got stuck.

"Everything in the car is, like, covered up with water," Suri said.

He said she made it out safely, but the car wouldn't start afterward.

Police used crime scene tape to deter vehicles from heading into high water on Brush Creek Boulevard near Swope Parkway. The tape came too late for some of the cars which had already become stuck.

"I had a job to do today and I saw a car, the car over here, stalled, and I couldn't figure out what that was about and I was halfway through the puddle before I realized what that was about," said Saundra Neal.

Her car also would not start after being jumped.

Police also closed Van Brunt Boulevard near 12th Street because of high water. People also tried forging through the water there, but no cars became stuck.

Indian Creek stayed within its banks in the Watts Mill area, but the water came just a few feet from a running trail that winds along the creek.

High-water problems were also reported at Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard and Cleveland Avenue, Blue Parkway and Elmwood Avenue and on the right two lanes of westbound Interstate 435 near State Line Road.

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